Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location:  Wellington Regional Hospital

Service:    Surgical Services

Contract:  Fixed-Term, Full Time (1.0 FTE) Proposed end date 1/02/2025

Salary:      As per new Senior Nurses Scale - Grade 3

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Wound Care provides specialist nursing advice, care and expertise, both in delivering direct patient care and in supporting other staff caring for patients with complex wounds requiring wound care. The focus is on assisting, directing and supporting the patient care and whānau with wound management through modelling expert clinical skills, promoting best practice, facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration and providing education. The CNS has an active role in the development and achievement of the strategic direction for the organisation.

Moū - About you

- Clinical expertise in managing complex surgical and non-surgical wounds. 

- Excellent communication, interpersonal, facilitation and coaching skills 

- Experience in practice development and quality improvement strategies

- Expert level in Professional Development Recognition Programme (PDRP) and committed to maintain Expert/Senior (CC) or Expert (HV) PDRP 

- Clinical Postgraduate Diploma is the required qualification however there is support to complete a Masters qualification. The prerequisite postgraduate clinical courses to undertake a RN prescribing practicum for NCNZ authorisation in RN prescribing in primary health and specialty teams, provide essential clinical knowledge for the CNS role. Note: Service and nursing leadership approval is required to undertake the RN prescribing practicum. 

- Excellent communication, interpersonal, facilitation and coaching skills 

E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Please note our job description is currently being finalised and will be available here by 15th September.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed